Hello,

I have never used Uber before and now I find myself needing a ride to the airport at 4 am tomorrow morning. I am a 30 year old woman and I am feeling a bit scared of getting in the car with a complete stranger in the middle of the night, alone.

I guess I am just looking for some reassurance. If I feel unsafe or notice something is off, is someone tracking my location? Does uber know where i am?

I am probably over thinking but i feel incredibly anxious about it.

I’m a driver and generally I am pretty easy going. I understand that my job is to get you from point A to point B comfortably, safely and without encumbering you with too much of my bullshit - I’m providing you a service and am more than happy to provide it.

Before browsing this sub I was mostly lurking through the uberdriver sub and tended to think everyone one on there was entitled and a socially inept retard. I hate seeing people do a similar job that I do that so clearly abhor their passengers and who are seemingly so unhappy with everything that any single passenger does. Some passengers dosuck more than others, but for the most part, most of the passengers I deal with are perfectly fine and respectful.

However, coming onto this sub right now and briefly going thru its posts and notice that it’s just not the uber drivers that are insufferable…you ppl are equally as insufferably entitled.

So I’m curious, what is it about the uber app that brings out this entitled behavior from both parties?

This morning, I was awoken by a series of notifications from "Uber"! Has anyone else seen this before? Can anyone confirm its a scam? Can anyone tell me how the scam works? How do I protect myself from here on out?? What do I do with the notification banners??

Luckily, I'm a highly skeptical person so my gut reaction was to pause and consider it an intricate scam (especially because I haven't used Uber in awhile). But, if I were still using it daily, even I may have fallen for this!! I am less naiive/gullible than most when it comes to these kinds of things... these schemes are always obvious to me but this one seems hyper-realistic which tells me alot of people wouldn't be able to tell if it is a scam!

Take this as a warning!! Tell your vulnerable family and friends about this VERY REALISTIC scam (if it even is a scam, which it has to be right???)

Hi! So my family wanted me to see if we can get an uber from Massachusetts to Staten Island New York. We did put in the request a few days ago for the 25th. However I have a feeling it won’t be accepted. Should I give it some more time or should I just say f it and we use another service?

We were 3.5 hours from home. Spent most of the day trying to fix it on the side of the road. We were unable to. Scheduled an uber that seemed to be our only option to get home. I feel kinda bad for not tipping more but also this was the scariest ride of my life. This man would accelerate to 80mph than slam on the brakes down to 30mph. All over the road driving in between lanes. I was tempted to have him drop us off somewhere but I was worried we wouldn’t be able to find another driver.

Munich has some strange laws and which gives less to the drivers. So unless you go somewhere far like the airport, you will get booked-cancelled-rebooked over and over. This is with any of the uber options like x, large, priority. Instead scroll down and select uber Taxi (only taxi). It’s going to cost more but someone will actually come get you. There is no Lyft so no real other option and flagging a taxi

Is this permanent or no.

If not... why randomly give me an increase?

Remember to cherry pick your rides

I know everybody has a different thoughts on reserved rides. Just wanted to hear other's opinion on it, even if they are negative.

Hi, I uninstalled the Uber app a while ago because they don’t operate in the area where I now live. Today, I suddenly received a WhatsApp message from Uber, even though I hadn’t requested a ride. Is this a mistake, or is someone trying to log in using my details?

(The message gives an Uber code and asks for option 1: copy code, or option 2: I haven’t requested a code). The number they’re using for this is +1(940)290-7669. I’m from the Netherlands (+31).

Because of the blue ☑️, I clicked on option 2. But now I’m having second thoughts; could this be harmful?

Thanks in advance for your help!!

Just curious- did anyone get their uber comfort option in the driver app removed?. Took some comfort trips this morning and as I was getting ready for my afternoon shift, I noticed the comfort toggle was removed. I reached out to uber for support but the agent was absolutely clueless. He told me there’s no problem from his end. I posted in other groups to see if anyone else was having the same issue.

PS: I drive a 2021 VW atlas and the last time I checked, the vehicle is still eligible for comfort in the Dallas area.

Now I only see XL and UberX

Took a ride today, driver took home 51% of the fare. This seems appropriate. Is it typical?

What’s the best way to let the driver know I’m riding with my son, who uses a front facing car seat?

He doesn’t eat or drink in the car, so his seat is clean.
In our truck, his legs aren’t long enough to reach anything but I was thinking how I could take his shoes off once seated to avoid dirty marks if he did put his feet up?
He’s high functioning autistic and wears headphones in the car, but should I mention his diagnosis?
I’m scared of the stigma it’ll invoke and I don’t really want to have give a TedTalk on ASD kids every time.

I’ll be taking him to, and picking him up from school- would a round trip from my house to the school be better than one way there and having another ride back? It’s a very controlled and regimented drop off/pick up process because it’s a special needs school.
There won’t be more than 3 minutes of waiting (per the school, anyone taking longer than 3 minutes will be immediately told to move and their child receives a demerit. 3 demerits equals a monetary fine so everyone is motivated to keep to the schedule.) and if the weather is bad, I’ll of course end the ride and find another so no one is literally caught, waiting in a snow storm.

I’m just anxious.. I use uber to get back and forth to work and I don’t want to be the “late at the bar again lady” (I’m a closing bartender, 3am is my 5pm) or the “bus line lady” dropping my kid off.

Am I over thinking it?

For some reason (I’ve been trying to ask Uber why my device is restricted) all they keep saying is they have detected an error processing my request/ my decide was restricted for violating terms and conditions. It just doesn’t make sense to me why. I don’t do anything out of the ordinary when using uber. Had the same phone for years I don’t do anything suspicious so I’m just confused. An app I’ve used for years to get me to and from work suddenly is unavailable to me and I do not have another device to use uber on, that’s just a bit inconvenience.

Does anyone uber account as a passenger gets a weekly discount on rides. How do I make sure to keep it going, because this saves me a lot of money on rides and I frequently use the app.

I bought a PlayStation through Costco on Uber Eats, but I’m thinking about returning it because I want to exchange it for the Pro model instead.

Since the Costco purchase was made through Uber Eats, I’m wondering how the return actually works. If I bring the PlayStation back to Costco, would Costco issue the refund as a Costco Shop Card/Cash Card, or does it automatically go back to whatever payment method the Uber shopper used to purchase it?

Has anyone here actually returned a Costco item that they originally ordered through Uber Eats? What happened with the refund?

Just trying to figure out what to expect before I make the return. Thanks!